Speak Your Mind Slam over Taekwondo

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When I first thought of slam poetry, I had nothing


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


Then I thought, What's the most important thing to me?


Taekwondo, it's what I breath, what I think


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


Taekwondo is what I live for


I wake up everyday with a purpose, to win


A lot of people ask me why? Why do you fight?


And whenever I think about this...


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


What I fight fot is not only a medal around my neck


I fight to show every person who said I would never win


     that they were wrong


I fight to show the doctors who thought that I would never walk


     that they were wrong


I fight to show the people who never supported me


     that they should have


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


What I fight for is to make my loved ones proud of me,


     to show that their support was worth it


What I fight for is to show my Grandma and Grandpa in heaven


     my best because they never got to see me compete


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


I fight to show everyone I can push through health scares and injuries


This year alone, a broken shin, a broken ankle and low blood volume


I will win, to show everyone I can


I might be stubborn, but in my sport that's a good thing


Thump-Thump, the adrenaline moving through me


This year at Nationals, with my heart going a million beats a second


I will win to make everyone never forget my name again and


Never have to ask again why I fight. 

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